{"id":2286,"date":"2023-01-19T15:34:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T15:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/temp2022.st-chads-newcastle.staffs.sch.uk\/?page_id=2286"},"modified":"2026-06-26T15:30:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:30:23","slug":"early-reading-phonics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/st-chads-newcastle.staffs.sch.uk\/?page_id=2286","title":{"rendered":"Early Reading &#038; Phonics"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2286\" class=\"elementor elementor-2286\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-246ded44 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"246ded44\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;mountains&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" opacity=\"0.33\" d=\"M473,67.3c-203.9,88.3-263.1-34-320.3,0C66,119.1,0,59.7,0,59.7V0h1000v59.7 c0,0-62.1,26.1-94.9,29.3c-32.8,3.3-62.8-12.3-75.8-22.1C806,49.6,745.3,8.7,694.9,4.7S492.4,59,473,67.3z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" opacity=\"0.66\" d=\"M734,67.3c-45.5,0-77.2-23.2-129.1-39.1c-28.6-8.7-150.3-10.1-254,39.1 s-91.7-34.4-149.2,0C115.7,118.3,0,39.8,0,39.8V0h1000v36.5c0,0-28.2-18.5-92.1-18.5C810.2,18.1,775.7,67.3,734,67.3z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M766.1,28.9c-200-57.5-266,65.5-395.1,19.5C242,1.8,242,5.4,184.8,20.6C128,35.8,132.3,44.9,89.9,52.5C28.6,63.7,0,0,0,0 h1000c0,0-9.9,40.9-83.6,48.1S829.6,47,766.1,28.9z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-18e879d5\" data-id=\"18e879d5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a1a6203 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a1a6203\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Early Reading &#038; Phonics<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ecd8ae0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ecd8ae0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d3f96dd\" data-id=\"5d3f96dd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-18d92b58 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"18d92b58\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-23190adc\" data-id=\"23190adc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ba4ca19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4ba4ca19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Intent<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8364511 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8364511\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>Phonics (Reading and Spelling)<\/u><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At St Chad\u2019s C.E Primary School, we believe that all our children can become fluent readers and writers. It is essential that our approach to teaching phonics and reading is accessible to all learners, regardless of background. Therefore, we teach reading through <em>Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised,<\/em> which is a systematic and synthetic phonics programme. We start teaching phonics in Nursery\/Reception and follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Programme-Overview_Reception-and-Year-1-1.pdf\"><em>Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised<\/em> progression,<\/a> which ensures children build on their growing knowledge of the alphabetic code, mastering phonics to read and spell as they move through school.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At St Chad\u2019s C.E Primary School<strong>,<\/strong> we model the application of the alphabetic code through phonics in shared reading and writing, both inside and outside of the phonics lesson and across the curriculum. We have a strong focus on language development for our children because we know that speaking and listening are crucial skills for reading and writing in all subjects.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because we believe teaching every child to read is so important, we have a Reading Leader (Miss Nicholson) who drives the early reading programme in our school. This person is highly skilled at teaching phonics and reading, and they monitor and support our reading team, so everyone teaches with fidelity to the <em>Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised<\/em> programme.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2677363e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2677363e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#\">Implementation<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-643dd1e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"643dd1e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>Foundations for phonics in Nursery<\/u><\/strong><\/p><ul><li>We provide a balance of child-led and adult-led experiences for all children that meet the curriculum expectations for \u2018Communication and language\u2019 and \u2018Literacy\u2019. These include:<ul><li>sharing high-quality stories and poems<\/li><li>learning a range of nursery rhymes and action rhymes<\/li><li>activities that develop focused listening and attention, including oral blending<\/li><li>attention to high-quality language.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>We ensure Nursery children are well prepared to begin learning grapheme-phoneme correspondences (GPCs) and blending in Reception.<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>Daily phonics lessons in Reception and Year 1<\/u><\/strong><\/p><ul><li>We teach phonics for 30 minutes a day. In Reception, we build from 10-minute lessons, with additional daily oral blending games, to the full-length lesson as quickly as possible. Each Friday, we review the week\u2019s teaching to help children become fluent readers.<\/li><li>Children make a strong start in Reception: teaching begins in Week 2 of the Autumn term.<\/li><li>We follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Programme-Overview_Reception-and-Year-1-1.pdf\"><em>Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised<\/em> expectations of progress:<\/a><ul><li>Children in Reception are taught to read and spell words using Phase 2 and 3 GPCs, and words with adjacent consonants (Phase 4) with fluency and accuracy.<\/li><li>Children in Year 1 review Phases 3 and 4 and are taught to read and spell words using Phase 5 GPCs with fluency and accuracy.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>Daily Keep-up lessons ensure every child learns to read<\/u><\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Any child who needs additional practice has daily Keep-up support, taught by a fully trained adult. Keep-up lessons match the structure of class teaching, and use the same procedures, resources and mantras, but in smaller steps with more repetition, so that every child secures their learning.<\/li><li>We timetable daily phonics lessons for any child in Year 2 and above who is not fully fluent at reading or has not passed the Phonics screening check. These children urgently need to catch up, so the gap between themselves and their peers does not widen. We use the Rapid Catch-up assessments to identify the gaps in their phonic knowledge and teach to these using the Rapid Catch-up resources \u2013 at pace.<\/li><li>These short, sharp lessons last 15-20 minutes daily and have been designed to ensure children quickly catch up to age-related expectations in reading.<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>Teaching Reading: Reading practice sessions three times a week<\/u><\/strong><\/p><ul><li>We teach children to read through reading practice sessions three times a week. These:<ul><li>are taught by a fully trained adult to small groups of approximately six children<\/li><li>use books matched to the children\u2019s secure phonic knowledge using the <em>Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised<\/em> assessments and book matching grids on pages 11\u201320 of \u2018Application of phonics to reading\u2019.<\/li><li>are monitored by the class teacher, who rotates and works with each group on a regular basis.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Each reading practice session has a clear focus, so that the demands of the session do not overload the children\u2019s working memory. The reading practice sessions have been designed to focus on three key reading skills:<ul><li>decoding<\/li><li>prosody: teaching children to read with understanding and expression<\/li><li>comprehension: teaching children to understand the text.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>In Reception these sessions start in Week 4. Children who are not yet decoding have daily additional blending practice in small groups, so that they quickly learn to blend and can begin to read books.<\/li><li>In Years 2 and 3, we continue to teach reading in this way for any children who still need to practise reading with decodable books.<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong><u>Home reading<\/u><\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The decodable reading practice book is taken home to ensure success is shared with the family.<ul><li>Reading for pleasure books also go home for parents to share and read to children. We share the research behind the importance and impact of sharing quality children\u2019s books with parents through workshops, leaflets and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk\/resources\/my-letters-and-sounds\/everybody-read\/\">Everybody read!<\/a><\/li><li>We use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk\/resources\/for-parents\/\"><em>Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised<\/em> parents\u2019 resources<\/a> to engage our families and share information about phonics, the benefits of sharing books, how children learn to blend and other aspects of our provision, both online and through workshops.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong><u>Additional reading support for children<\/u><\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Children in Reception and Year 1 who are receiving additional phonics Keep-up sessions read their reading practice book to an adult daily.<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Ensuring consistency and pace of progress<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Every teacher in our school has been trained to teach reading, so we have the same expectations of progress. We all use the same language, routines and resources to teach children to read so that we lower children\u2019s cognitive load.<\/li><li>Weekly content grids map each element of new learning to each day, week and term for the duration of the programme.<\/li><li>Lesson templates, Prompt cards and \u2018How to\u2019 videos ensure teachers all have a consistent approach and structure for each lesson.<\/li><li>The Reading Leader and SLT use the Audit and Prompt cards to regularly monitor and observe teaching; they use the summative data to identify children who need additional support and gaps in learning.<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong><u>Ensuring Reading for Pleasure<\/u><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u2018Reading for pleasure is the single most important indicator of a child\u2019s success.\u2019<\/em> (OECD 2002)<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u2018The will influences the skill and vice versa.\u2019<\/em> (OECD 2010)<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We value reading for pleasure highly and work hard as a school to grow our Reading for Pleasure pedagogy.<\/p><ul><li>We read to children every day. We choose these books carefully as we want children to experience a wide range of books, including books that reflect the children at St Chad\u2019s C.E Primary School, and our local community as well as books that open windows into other worlds and cultures.<\/li><li>Every classroom has an inviting book area. In Early Years and Key Stage One, we curate these books and talk about them to entice children to read a wide range of books. In Key Stage Two, there is more emphasis on provision of topic-based books, and children access the school library to choose a \u2018reading for pleasure\u2019 book.<\/li><li>In Nursery\/Reception and Key Stage One, children have access to the reading area every day in their free flow time and the books are continually refreshed.<\/li><li>Children from Nursery upwards have a home reading record. The parent\/carer records comments to share with the adults in school and the adults will write in this on a regular basis to ensure communication between home and school.<\/li><li>As the children progress through the school, they are encouraged to write their own comments and keep a list of the books\/authors that they have read.<\/li><li>We are currently working hard to develop our school library which will provide all children with high quality reading for pleasure texts to take home and share with their family members\/ carers<\/li><li>Children across the school have regular opportunities to engage with a wide range of Reading for Pleasure events (book fairs, author visits and workshops, national events etc)<\/li><li>We use the Everybody read! resources to grow our teachers\u2019 knowledge of current books, the most recent research and to grow our own Reading for Pleasure practice which we also share with our parents<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong><u>Assessment<\/u><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assessment is used to monitor progress and to identify any child needing additional support as soon as they need it.<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/LS-KEY-GUIDANCE-GETTING-STARTED-ASSESSMENT-FINAL.pdf\"><strong>Assessment for learning<\/strong><\/a> is used:<ul><li>daily within class to identify children needing Keep-up support<\/li><li>weekly in the Review lesson to assess gaps, address these immediately and secure fluency of GPCs, words and spellings.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><strong>Summative assessment<\/strong> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk\/resources\/my-letters-and-sounds\/weekly-reading-and-phonics\/assessment-reception\/\">Reception<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk\/resources\/my-letters-and-sounds\/weekly-reading-and-phonics\/assessment-year-1\/\">Year 1<\/a> is used:<ul><li>every six weeks to assess progress, to identify gaps in learning that need to be addressed, to identify any children needing additional support and to plan the Keep-up support that they need.<\/li><li>by SLT and scrutinised through the <em>Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised<\/em> assessment tracker, to narrow attainment gaps between different groups of children and so that any additional support for teachers can be put into place.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/LS-LITTLE-WANDLE-FLUENCY-ASSESSMENTS-PD05.pdf\"><strong>Fluency assessments<\/strong><\/a> measure children\u2019s accuracy and reading speed in short one-minute assessments. They are used:<\/li><li>in Year 1, when children are reading the Phase 5 set 3, 4 and 5 books<\/li><li>with children following the Rapid Catch-up programme in Years 2 to 6, when they are reading the Phase 5 set 3, 4 and 5 books<\/li><li>to assess when children are ready to exit their programme. For Year 1 children, this is when they read the final fluency assessment at 60\u201370+ words per minute. Older children can exit the Rapid Catch-up programme when they read the final fluency assessment at 90+ words per minute. At these levels, children should have sufficient fluency to tackle any book at age-related expectations. After exiting their programme, children do not need to ready any more fully decodable books.<\/li><li>A <strong><u>placement assessment<\/u><\/strong> is used:<ul><li>with any child new to the school in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk\/resources\/my-letters-and-sounds\/weekly-reading-and-phonics\/assessment-reception\/\">Reception<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk\/resources\/my-letters-and-sounds\/weekly-reading-and-phonics\/assessment-year-1\/\">Year 1<\/a> to quickly identify any gaps in their phonic knowledge and plan and provide appropriate extra teaching.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><ul><li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk\/resources\/my-letters-and-sounds\/weekly-reading-and-phonics\/assessment-rapid-catch-up\/\"><strong>Rapid Catch-up assessment<\/strong><\/a> is used<ul><li>with any child new to the school in Year 2 and above to quickly identify any gaps in their phonic knowledge and plan and provide appropriate extra teaching.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>Statutory assessment<\/u><\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Children in Year 1 sit the Phonics screening check. Any child not passing the check <br \/>re-sits it in Year 2.<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>Ongoing assessment for Rapid Catch-up in Years 2 to 6<\/u><\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Children in Year 2 to 6 are assessed through:<ul><li>the Rapid Catch-up initial assessment to quickly identify any gaps in their phonic knowledge and plan appropriate teaching<\/li><li>the Rapid Catch-up summative assessments to assess progress and inform teaching<\/li><li>the Rapid Catch-up fluency assessments when children are reading the Phase 5 set 3, 4 and 5 books for age 7+.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>The fluency assessments measure children\u2019s accuracy and reading speed in short <br \/>one-minute assessments. They also assess when children are ready to exit the Rapid Catch-up programme, which is when they read the final fluency assessment at 90+ words per minute.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46e34a4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"46e34a4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#\">Impact<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54f946b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54f946b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We value reading as a crucial life skill. By the time children leave us, they read confidently for meaning and regularly enjoy reading for pleasure. Our readers are equipped with the tools to tackle unfamiliar vocabulary. 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/st-chads-newcastle.staffs.sch.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Pronunciation_guide_Autumn_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-file-pdf\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Phase 2 Pronunciation Guide 1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a300857\" data-id=\"a300857\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2c0426 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e2c0426\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/st-chads-newcastle.staffs.sch.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Pronunciation_guide_Autumn_2-1.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-file-pdf\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Phase 2 Pronunciation Guide 2<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eb29262\" data-id=\"eb29262\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38414e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"38414e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/st-chads-newcastle.staffs.sch.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Programme-Overview_Reception-and-Year-1-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-file-pdf\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Programme Overview<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b5997a5\" data-id=\"b5997a5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-905a9fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"905a9fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f319ab1\" data-id=\"f319ab1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6552f7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"6552f7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/st-chads-newcastle.staffs.sch.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/How-to-say-the-Phase-5-sounds-September-2022-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Phase 5 Pronunciation Guide<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7faefe5\" data-id=\"7faefe5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03ff534 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"03ff534\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/st-chads-newcastle.staffs.sch.uk\/?page_id=3206\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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It is essential that our approach to teaching phonics and reading is accessible to all learners, regardless of background. Therefore, we teach reading through Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised, which is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":340,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2286","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/st-chads-newcastle.staffs.sch.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/st-chads-newcastle.staffs.sch.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/st-chads-newcastle.staffs.sch.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/st-chads-newcastle.staffs.sch.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/st-chads-newcastle.staffs.sch.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2286"}],"version-history":[{"count":58,"href":"https:\/\/st-chads-newcastle.staffs.sch.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9690,"href":"https:\/\/st-chads-newcastle.staffs.sch.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2286\/revisions\/9690"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/st-chads-newcastle.staffs.sch.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/st-chads-newcastle.staffs.sch.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}